The Moto 360 was supposed to be the one. The watch that would rule all other watches with their pitiful square screens and plastic housings. I was excited for the Moto 360, but I couldn't help thinking the hype was out of control. We were expecting too much, and indeed, when I reviewed the Moto 360, the verdict was okay, but not amazing. At the time it was the best Android Wear watch, but that was due largely to the aesthetics. Now after three months and a handful of other watches, I have some more to say.

Major Wrist Bling

Something I noticed immediately after getting the Moto 360 is how others also noticed I had gotten a Moto 360. This watch is just different enough from other wrist accoutrements that people's eyes will naturally drift to it. They furrow their brows, waiting for an opportunity to ask what you've got on your wrist. Basically, you tend to get into conversations with people while wearing the Moto 360. This happens more than with any other Wear device I've used thus far.

Even a few months on, I still love the overall design of the Moto 360. It's striking, which is why people notice it. LG made great strides with the G Watch R, especially considering the last watch was the stupendously unimpressive G Watch (Classic). However, the GRW looks like a watch. The Moto 360 looks somehow futuristic.

So it's pretty, but a few possible issues have cropped up with the design and construction of the 360 since release. Some owners report that the plastic back plate has a tendency to crack around the band attachments, but I have yet to see that happen. The band itself is still quite comfortable, but the leather does get heavily creased from fastening the buckle everyday. I wish Motorola had gone with a collapsing clasp to limit that kind of wear. And it's not like you can (easily) swap one in. The Moto 360 has an oddly shaped recess for the band with a small plastic bar that prevents most straps from fitting. This still annoys me.

I've also gotten to spend a little time with the official metal band for the 360, and it feels every bit as high-quality as you'd expect. It has a collapsing hidden clasp and the links feel sturdy. The watch looks fantastic and sophisticated with the metal band, but I'm not sure that the $299 asking price is entirely realistic.

Battery Life Is Still Just Okay

Even after the Android 5.0 update, the Moto 360 continues to lag behind the rest of the Android Wear crowd when it comes to longevity. When I first reviewed the Moto 360, I found it was able to pull in roughly 18-20 hours with the ambient mode disabled (there are people who say they get much more, but I just don't see how). The 360 today is still very close to that, but maybe a little better. Any hopes that Android 5.0 would magically turn the 360 into a multi-day device have been dashed to bits, at least in my experience.

The above figure is, of course, with the screen off unless you have the device fully awake. Turning on ambient mode sends battery life into a comparative tailspin. From my testing following the 5.0 update, ambient mode is about the same as it was before. I'm maxing out at 13-14 hours. It's still in the same ballpark as before, but it's still not practical to use the 360 with ambient mode. That's kind of a bummer because I've become quite used to ambient mode on other Wear smartwatches. The 360 simply can't hack it in always-on mode.

So, you can definitely still get by with the 360 if you are okay without ambient mode. It'll last through a day, as long as you don't use it too heavily. However, there's not much wiggle room. If you head out someplace for the evening, you'll need to juice the 360 up before you go. At least it's compatible with Qi chargers. That's still a great feature to have, and good on Motorola for sticking to a standard.

I Still Don't Hate The Flat Tire, But Motorola Probably Does

The missing slice at the bottom of the Moto 360's screen has been affectionately referred to as the "flat tire." This is where the display drivers connect and the ambient light sensor is mounted. It was a necessary sacrifice to make a round LCD with such thin bezels work. You really do get used to it, but I still find myself using dark watch faces most of the time simply because the lighter ones make it stand out a bit too much.

It's funny how renders of the 360 keep sneaking out that lack the flat tire. It's almost like Motorola's designers are trying to will a completely round screen into existence. I'm sure that Motorola will do away with the flat tire in future versions of the 360, but it's a forgivable design decision this time.

If you're a little bothered by the not quite round screen, just know that it's a great display. The pixel density is a little lower than some other devices—it's a 1.56-inch LCD (320 x 290, 205 PPI). Still, it's gapless, very crisp, and the colors are excellent for an LCD. With virtually no bezel, it's very easy to swipe back and forth across the 360's screen. The G Watch R, for example, has a taller bezel around the screen, which can get in the way. The price of having a truly round screen, I guess.

Android 5.0

We already went over the battery life question separately, but how about performance? That was one of the sticking points for the 360 at launch, though a minor one. As a likely result of choosing to go with an older TI OMAP chip, Motorola set itself up for a rough time. Even after the 5.0 update, there's a small hesitation in the 360's software compared to other Wear devices. However, it's not the sort of thing you'd notice unless you're really looking for it or have another Wear device to compare.

Android 5.0 brought a number of great features to the 360, but it also delivered those features to all the other Wear smartwatches out there. That's great for us, but maybe not so much for Motorola. The Moto 360 was clearly ahead of the game in software when it launched. The Connect app could be used to customize watch faces and check your battery, and the included watch faces were so, so good. Now that 5.0 has beefed up the Wear app and added true support for custom watch faces, some of Motorola's software advantages are no more.

I will say that the Moto 360 has been far and away the best supported by developers and amateur watch face designers. If you want to get your hands dirty with the newly upgraded Facer app, for example, you'll find many of the watch faces are designed with the Moto 360 in mind. App developers are even mindful of the flat tire, sometimes to the detriment of other devices.

Is The 360 Still Worth Considering?

To be clear, the Moto 360 is better than it was at launch, but so are all the other Android Wear watches. I haven't seen dramatic improvements in battery life or performance after 5.0, but I've only had a few cycles to test. If I find anything is different, I'll update with details. For now, I think the Moto 360 is still an incredibly attractive device with a few issues you'll have to take into account.

If you want an Android Wear device, I think the 360's time has come and gone. If you can get one on sale or used, sure, go for it. In a few months we're probably going to start seeing second-gen round watches that will be better options. The older hardware and middling battery life will quickly make this watch obsolete. It sure is pretty, though.

Comments

I still cannot agree with this review at all. Not then. Not now. For a typical user, battery life is amazing. I've never put it on the charger after 15 hours of use with less than 60% battery left.

Its saved my phone's battery too since I use it as my primary messaging device.

I'm not sure exactly WHY the hardware needs to be Speedy Mc Speedyson. It works just great, and after the latest update got pushed today, its never been faster. As if frame rate is something you should be concerned about with a phone.

The flat tire is annoying but it doesn't bother me anymore. Its the best looking android watch bar none and when we're talking about WATCHES (not phones) if you're wearing a watch it has to look good since its more than likely replacing a piece of jewelry (in my case a nice citizens ecodrive that has been siting on the dresser since september)

I'm starting to get the feeling that Android Police strive to make its name by smashing popular products to death. First it was the 360, then the nexus 9, then the nexus 6. I appreciated it at first as truthful "blinders off" review policy, but given the 100% polar opposite experiences I've had with both my 360, and the issues pointed out in the Nexus 6 review, I'm beginning to think that AP is just as guilty of clickbaiting as other institutions are - just to get android enthusiasts in a furor.

Its getting old.

WORPspeed

Given their continuous praise of the popular Pushbullet, they don't shoot down all things popular just for views.
Most of the time I think they give an honest review, but with all the power users visiting this website, they can;t cater to the typical user, but have to adjust to use words that also make sense for power users.

Good battery life lasts a typical power user one day....which is more then enough for a typical casual user, but not enough for the SUPER power user.

They err on the side of caution and I can live with that :)

Travis Jennings

To call AP bias is one thing, but accusations of them being a super power is racist.

WORPspeed

wut?

Tomfoolery

the word you're looking for is "biased", and to the second half of your comment; wut?

Alexander Gee

I tend to agree with their reviews, maybe you can find another site that is more in line with your opinions though. There is no right answer just opinion and we have to allow people to disagree. Disagreement is the father of discourse.

Mlibbey

"For a typical user, battery life is amazing" Source? Mine was HORRIBLE (8 hours till dead) recently I get about 14 hours till it needs a charge

Derek Robinson

How frequently do you use yours? I get over a full 24 hours easily on mine (I also dislike ambient mode, so it's off).

Mlibbey

I turned off email notofications as i get hundred per day so its really just texts and while I do get a lot, i definitely expected a bit more. Don't get me wrong, i LOVE my watch but I just wish it had a bit more battery. "Tilt" off has helped a lot too in the last 2 days since the update

Mine isn't defective, I don't "like touching my watch," and I've gone through every possible troubleshooting step available, up to and including a warranty replacement. 36 hours is easily double the best I've ever gotten.

Cory S

I don't think bloggers can really judge battery life on these things very well. Their usage is just so much different than most. I never get less than 18 hours on my 360 with ambient mode turned on for example.

jamaall

I agree. I'm sitting pretty at 71% after 12 hours. I've went to school, then work, so it was a normal day. If you do something like going for a run, using a calculator, or a remote camera app, your battery will plummet. Really just depends on how you use it.

I'm not a blogger, and I'd be lucky to get 18 hours out of mine with ambient off. And that's after I've done HEAVY troubleshooting to determine why. Experiences definitely seem to vary widely here, but this review represents my experience very well.

Stephen Gomez

"Its getting old."

Why? Cause they are not jumping the hype train like you are? They suppose to be like "10/10 because Nexus!"? Cause your experience differs from them? Shocker,I've used many products that were praised in reviews and I hated them and vice versa. Moto 360 to me is a alrightish smartwatch that was overhyped as hell because round display. Battery life is okay but nothing to praise about. I'm surprised you quick to even say they are just clickbaiting cause you don't like what you read.

marcusmarcus2

Isn't click baiting when websites use grossly exaggerated headlines to get people to view their article? What part of "Moto 360 Review Addendum: Three Months Later" would you catagorize a click baiting?

RyanWhitwam

All I can do is relate my experiences in a post like this. It's great that you get that kind of battery life with the 360, but I've never been in that ballpark with multiple devices. A lot of the early reviews of the 360 were way off base, but I tried to make ours more thoughtful. I'm not saying the 360 is a bad device.

Reviews are by definition always somewhat subjective. I have no interest in clickbaiting anyone. That's not what we do.

marcusmarcus2

You can only write about what you personally experience in reviews and you did so. You headline is in no way click bait. I don't think @Defenestratus:disqus fully understands what click bait is.

Imparus

Have many notification are you getting roughly per day? You are probably getting something like three times as many as the average user, hence the reason why you are experience much worse battery life than "everyone" else

RyanWhitwam

I'm definitely a heavy user, but not too out of the ordinary. Sometimes I disable some of my email notifications on the connected phone during a review because that's definitely outside of typical use in my case. Otherwise, I think it's fine. I've talked about my device usage in a few reviews.

Yeah, your experience matches mine. The 360's battery life has been anywhere from passable to bad. If it weren't for everything else about the watch, I'd go back to my G Watch.

Bryan Kolb

I actually sold my Moto 360 because it would die on me if I ever had a busier day then simply sitting at my desk.

mercado79

I think the click baiting comment is a little bit of a stretch; however, I do agree with you on everything else. Battery was spotty initially, but hell... I figured "early adopter's dilemma" and all of that. I'd shut off ambient mode and it'd last the day.

Then came the next one or two updates and it was like a night and day difference. Ambient mode on, it'd last all day no problem. 8am to 9pm and still around 40 percent. With ambient mode off, day and a half (though I'm not exactly certain since I charge it every night when I charge my phone). Responsiveness was greatly improved too. Much smoother animation.

Now I'm waiting on that damn 5.0.1 update to get pushed and keeping my fingers crossed that the experience doesn't take a hit.

It is pretty, but pricey. If you can find it on sale / used, I'd say it's still a "buy".

The Rock

I got it from Staples the day before thanksgiving when they had a 25%off storewide coupon so for $190 its awesome

God, I wish mine was still at 40% at 9PM. That'd be a dream. I'm lucky if I still have 20% by 9PM.

a

"I'm starting to get the feeling that Android Police strive to make its name by smashing popular products to death."

Then you're an idiot. AP already has a name. It doesnt need to "make" one.

John

The big question is - who is dumber? The moron who wrote this comment, or the 60 idiots that upvoted it.

Matthew Wheeler

I had a Moto360. The back cracked under normal wear within a month of owning it. Battery life was mediocre and usually dead by 9pm with regular usage. The device was fairly sluggish with animations on a regular basis. It's great looking, but that's about it. I sold my RMA'd device and haven't purchased another one. I agree with pretty much everything Ryan said, and nothing you said. Why so butthurt, chief?

Đức Thành

You're probably criticizing him only because your cognitive dissonance doesn't want you to accept the criticisms against your favorite devices.

I would kill to have your battery life. I don't understand how anyone manages to get that. I've gone through every guide, every troubleshooting step, removed every app, cut down on notifications I actually WANT that didn't kill my G Watch this fast, and even warranty replaced it. I'm at 25% as I walk in my front door in the evening. So their complaint in this regard is COMPLETELY valid. I'm happy for you that you manage to do so well. A lot of us don't, and it's a major pain.

JJCommonSense

I'm confused... what the hell are you crying about? Ryan CLEARLY is praising the watch... you're clearly praising the watch.... hell every write-up that i've ever seen about the watch has the same complaint about the battery life... ok so YOU never look at yours and can make it last 3 weeks... great... but to diminish someone elses opinion as bashing when they're clearly praising the very same device that you seem to hold so dear is just well.... stupid... you're the one that's up in a furor.

WORPspeed

Thinking about getting a used one to see if buying V2.0 will be worth it when time comes.
Hope people sell it for cheap in the netherlands :)

Alexander Gee

It was dead the moment those first battery life stats started rolling out before launch. An accessory you strap to your body can not survive as a product if it inconveniences you more than it's competitors.

Defenestratus

And yet it still outlasts the host device that requires charging every night... requiring a smartwatch to outlast a phone on battery life is an outrageous expectation.

Alexander Gee

A phone provides significantly more functionality than a watch. A user will justify more time taken to maintain a phone for this reason. (My G watch outlasts my phone 5 fold)

It doesn't outlast MY phone. Both require charging every night. Both are dead by bedtime.

Will ⚽

The first battery life stats pre-launch were wrong.. An update that came the day I got mine drastically improved it. Reviewers rushing battery life stats to be the first to post a review makes battery life stats a huge joke in reviews. The first day I use a product is never normal usage.

I love my moto 360. I can't imagine a next gen version being dramatically different.

Alexander Gee

Externally at least. Fingers crossed for GPS and a 28nm CPU in the next one!

Kevin Turabian

I want the newer 22/20nm process in the CPU, and preferably Qualcomm makes a dedicated watch CPU/GPU as well!

TylerChappell

Same, since all Android Wear devices are essentially Nexus devices, I don't plan on replacing my Moto360 until 2016. The battery life has been great for me since I prefer not to use ambient mode, and the old cpu still manages to perform admirably and is smooth 90% of the time.

If it isn't dramatically different, I'll be pretty disappointed. Needs a massive improvement in battery life and processing capabilities, along with support for some of the newer stuff like GPS.

Nadav

LG G Watch R is the Best Smartwatch to buy right now !

kamiller42

I agree with Asus ZenWatch being second and Moto360 being third.

TylerChappell

Except the Zenwatch doesn't have a heartrate monitor, which is kinda an important feature for many people looking to spend a couple hundred bucks in the wearables market. The Zenwatch is quite nicely designed, but I'm not a fan of its included brown leather band so replacing it would be the first thing I would want to do which would bump up the price of it, and it is still a square watch after-all. If it had a heartrate sensor it would be even more compelling than what its $199 price already makes it, but I would rather spend the $50 more for the styling and design + HR sensor for the Moto 360 and not feel the need to replace its band.
If the ZenWatch included a black leather band + heart rate monitor and was $220-$230, then it would knock the Moto360 out of the park in every category except for those who prefer a round watch.

guest bruh

The zen watch has a heartrate monitor bud. You touch the metal bezel on the front of the screen to measure. Not all heart rate monitoring need a light of some kind to operate. Please search next time lol.

kamiller42

Sorry for delay in response, but ZenWatch does have a heart rate sensor. It's on the front and not the back.

TylerChappell

You're right, I found this out shortly after posting. I think I had even checked on the Google Play product page to be sure before I posted it, so maybe I overlooked it. Nonetheless, its quite different from other sensors. Haven't been able to test it myself though to see if its worse or more inconsistent than my Moto X, which seems to almost always take 2 tries to register no matter how steady I hold my wrist.

Roman

I guess If you like huge little useful bezels.

Randy Strye

my tl:dr review: battery life: good enough. never dead before bed. speed: fast enough for me? looks: rather have the flat tire than a huge bezel

Depends on when you go to bed, and if you occasionally go out, say, on a weekend. No, it's not dead before bed on a weekday. But on a Friday? It often is.

Randy Strye

hmm not sure.. while i have an infant to care for so my friday nights are quite boring (so i've not tested my theory), my moto 360 has been off the charger for 13 hours now and i'm at 51%.... if was out for 13 hours past 8pm, i'd have bigger things to think about than the battery life of my watch :P

Well, fair for you. But that's also battery life I'd kill to have from mine. That suggests you'd pull 26 hours. I pull mine off the charger at 8AM, and when I get home around 6PM I'm usually at 25%.

Sena

Yesterday I took it off the charger at 6.45 AM and back home at 10PM with 10% battery left. And I always keep Ambient Mode on (except when it's under 15% obviously, since the Power Saving mode turned on automatically), so I found it enough even on weekend. And if I decided that I'll need it more than that, I could start the day with Ambient Mode off in the first place.

I don't know, personally, I pull in a day or a day and a half pretty easily now, and that's leaving auto brightness and ambient mode on, both of which I turned of when I first got the 360 months ago before the updates.

If I'm home and have a few minutes while showering or something, I'll put it on the charger and because the battery is so small, it gets a significant chunk of life back in it. Then again, I'm not getting 100 texts a day, so that might eat into your battery life if that's what's happening. I also have almost zero apps on the device itself and I think that helps too.

Also, I'd recommend calibrating your battery once a month by draining it completely, then charging it back to 100%. Maybe it's just that and you'll get much better life out of it.

Seriously: must be nice. I can't get that far with ambient mode OFF. I've done all available troubleshooting, including, yes, calibrating the battery, factory resets, uninstalling ALL non-native apps, removing a lot of the notifications that I want and my G Watch didn't BLINK at, and finally had it warranty exchanged. Not one of those changes made an appreciable difference.

Thomas Ella

What phone do you have? Could that make a difference? I have a Moto 360 1st gen.

Stock Nexus 5. The darling of the community. So I suspect it's unlikely to be the problem.

TweoBeo

Well it's not fast enough for me, sometimes I find the Motorola Moto 360 a bit choppy compared to other Android Wear devices like for example the LG G Watch R. I certainly hope that they will replace the slower OMAP-soc van Texas Instruments, although the last couple of updates certainly improved battery life and performance.

Badouken

I really really really want a moto 360 but I think ill wait a year when the inevitable revision with no flat tire at the bottom will appear.

CD RW

"I found it was able to pull in roughly 18-20 hours with the ambient mode
disabled (there are people who say they get much more, but I just don't
see how)"

i just don't see how people can only have 18h battery life when i have 35h with heavy usage

Bartek Juszczak

Yep, not sure how much I get exactly but 35hrs sounds about right, definitely get more than 18-20.

Got it off the charger today at 11AM, it is now 10:57PM and it's at 70% so 30% down in 12 hours = over 36 hours all together to drain.

NexusPhan

Same here. I have ambient mode on and an app that keeps the screen at full brightness for 30 seconds longer than stock allows. I still can get a day and a half battery out of this guy.

If you're searching for a /compelling/ reason to get a smartwatch you're not going to find one. A smart watch is just a phone accessory for your wrist. It's a small improvement in the way we gather information and not much more.

It's a very small improvement to life and in general does not warrant the $250-$300 price tag. I enjoy mine though, and I like the watch face I use (Motorola's Classic - which also shows when events are on the clock face subtly).

It's got a daily battery life, which is fine for me, set it on the charger when I go to bed, wake up and put it on - makes it's alarm kinda useless, but that's that. It's also shown it's use being able to reply to Hangouts messages while I'm walking home.

So again, nothing compelling - just a subtle improvement to "1st world" life

CoreRooted

I have to agree with @Navarr Barnier:disqus... There isn't a "compelling" reason. For me, the fitness tracking, being able to see and respond to notifications, and managing my music all without having to pull my phone out are big reasons. Being able to get notifications in meetings (without getting dirty looks from other people) is another compelling reason for me too.

I have no shame in admitting that I purchased mine purely because I'm curious about new technology and enjoy trying out new devices. That said, I do genuinely enjoy using it and I do find it to be very useful. It's the small things: getting a notification on your wrist that you can glance at and dismiss without reaching for your phone, using it to skip songs on a playlist or control volume, the heartrate and pedometer stuff... It's not going to justify the price though unless you also have some kind of genuine interest in simply trying cutting edge stuff just for the sake of it.

cmbeid

With my typical usage (Probably 10-20 emails, IFTTT notifications on Android Police and /r/Android for all new posts (which some days are a lot)), I typically have around 30% remaining on battery after 17 hours off charger.

The more notifications you get and the more active you are, the faster the battery will drain.

Rob H.

If I were to get an Android wear device it would ONLY be the G-Watch R. It's the only good looking watch of whats offered right now. But I still don't see the usefulness of a "smartwatch".

duder12

Asus xenwatch

Polar Carrot

If I were a mathematician looking to get an understanding of the battery life of the 360. I would have to conclude that the author of this piece has a unit that does not reflect the majority of units out there. Could I suggest that the author re-check with other confirmed owners what their experience is.

I take mine off the charger at 8AM. As I'm arriving home at 6PM I usually get the low battery warning. Average usage, ambient mode off, standard notifications that my G Watch got with display always ON that would warn me around midnight. After multiple hard resets, disabling common notifications (that, again, I didn't disable for G Watch), uninstalling all third-party apps, no difference. Finally, after being convinced in every comment thread on the 'net that mine was defective, I got it replaced via warranty. New watch, same battery life.

Author's experience confirmed. No clue how others are getting basically the opposite, and I'd pay MONEY to find out, but no, he's not isolated in this. Not remotely. Also, the author's stated that he's gone through SEVERAL 360s with the same experience. So he and I both have more than one data point.

Todd Yates

I'm probably a fairly light user since I only really use it to check notifications but I run my 360 in ambient mode and never have any issues with the battery. Right now I've have my 360 on since 09:00, it's now 00:40, and the battery is showing 24%. So that's approaching 16 hours with plenty spare. It's worse than the competition, sure, but I'm charging it every night anyway so it doesn't make much difference to me. I even found I can run the dock off my battery pack when I'm traveling and it a tiny amount of power so it's pretty practical to travel with.

The popular opinion is that you're wrong. Everyone is welcome to their own opinion of course and it's a subjective thing, but I'm just saying you can't come on here pretending like everyone agrees it's ugly. The majority opinion is that it's very nice looking.

Jorge Lopez

I bought one about a month or so ago. Yes it's a tad annoying having to take it off every evening to charge but I love my Moto 360. Much like in the review, it's turned into an unintended icebreaker. I got invited to a party last week where I didn't know anyone except the host. Several different people approached me curious about my watch and I ended up hitting it off with each of them really well.

Haha yep, I've noticed this as well. You just have to get one notification on it, and as soon as it lights up and someone notices you dismissing the notification they can't help but ask about it. Which is awesome, because it helps to spread the word that Apple's smartwatch is actually already old before it's even released :P

Christopher Moore

This watch is forgettable. When Motorola releases version 2 the resale on this will drop hard. This is not a classic time piece that will last for years to come. How many people here are still rocking a Droid OG? We remember that phone as being great but the cheapest pay as you go phone is over 2 times as powerful. And what guarantee will we have that Android wear will be installed on this 3 years from now? Due to the crappie cpu selection will it even be possible?

That's what I'd really love to know. I'm on the polar opposite end of the spectrum, and the combination of my experience with it and having everyone tell me I must be wrong because the battery is amazeballs is driving me crazy. There has to be some simple factor that's being missed here.

frafri

I have had mine and I love it.
I have tried to use my phone way less. but its not working ha !

DoctorRabbitfoot

You must get a LOT of notifications if your battery life is that poor. For me, 16 hours I usually hit the 50% mark or so on most days, which should mean I can get around 30 hours or so usually.

I agree, I haven't noticed the terrible battery life reported in the article. Mine will usually last until around 11/12 at night, from a 7.00am start, before it runs out. That said, it certainly wouldn't last multiple days, but that doesn't matter to me for a few reasons:
1) It's just a watch, it really doesn't matter if it goes flat.
2) I just sit it on the charger when I go to bed, and it's ready to wear the next day when I wake up.
3) I never expected it to. It's what I figured would be the case when I purchased it, so I went into the purchase knowing what to expect.

Andrew Allen

Could someone point me to what really matters? The longevity of the host device running Bluetooth all day. I have the Nexus 5, and battery life is 'amicable' at best. Relatively high use, but no music, no video, no gaming, and it might last a 12 hour day of texting/Facebook, if lucky. Otherwise that's closer to 10 hours.

Running Bluetooth all day, I see as impossible. Could anyone shed light here for me?

So happy to read a review that jives with my battery life experience. It's exhausting to complain about the battery life in comment threads only to be buried with people shouting, "what, 24-30 hours isn't good enough for you?" Yeah, it would be, if I got it. They even convinced me to do a warranty swap on it, they were so sure it was my watch that was the problem. It's not. 18's the maximum I can pull, on a less-busy day. Otherwise I'm often getting warnings as I arrive home from work at 6PM.

Dennis Ulijn

weird... i seem to get a full day, every time. Took a few days to adjust, but right now i have days where i have 25% left when i go to bed (on a 7:15 - 23:00 day). Ambient screen on, average use.

I have the black one and i really, really, really don't see it anymore... mainly because the cards look like they just end there and you tend to pick watch faces that work with the flat tyre part... Wouldn't mind if it was totally round though

Best part about the watch which I really havent seen mentioned is the fact lets say you have a long day at work. You come home and put it on the charger for as little as 30 mins and you'll have more than enough battery to last through a night out.

I get that this is a great device, just not fully ready for the mainstream... Obviously we would tweak it to get good battery life, but my mum is going to just wear it and want it to last a decent amount of time without having to recharge.

Perspective: The first Windows Mobile devices (PDAs) would lose ALL data if the battery went flat! Smartwatches will get better too.

JohnA

And it's fair, objective and downright informative articles like that, that will keep me coming back to your posts Ryan.

Jake Barthalemule

I must disagree that its time has "come and gone." Technology these days is advanced enough, that it can be made to have a life span above a few months. Even a phone as old as thee Nexus One can run Lollipop relatively smoothly, and this watch is much more advanced than that. My Moto 360 can last about 2 days on battery, looks beautiful, and has never once lagged or crashed. Software and hardware updates continue, and I don't see them stopping anytime soon. When it becomes "outdated," one can simply side-load a nice ROM to it. I intend to keep mine for a least four years before upgrading, and I don't expect it to become a legacy device in that time. Clarke's third law states "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," and boy, does this watch seem magical.
If you disagree (or agree) and have a solid reason for doing so, please respond. I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts. Please, though, don't debate the "magic" point:) That was simply a metaphor.

Jesslyn Hendrix

I haven't seen anything out of CES to change my mind about the Moto360. I think I'm going to take the plunge. I thought about the ASUS, but that huge bezel!

Badelhas

I ordered one yesterday, looks like the best option for me since I wear a suit every day. The LG Urbane looks good but the question now is when it becomes available. How are you liking yours and what your thoughts on battery life?